Card-holder.



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V CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3I. 1916.

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GEORGE SPUCI-ILER, OF KANSAS CITY, MIS$OURL CARD-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE SPUOHLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Card-Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to card holders and is particularly adapted to hold cards containing notices relative to the delivery of different articles. For instance, if ice or milk is wanted, or any other article, the card containing the name of the article wanted is placed in the holder, and then the ice man or the milk man seeing the notice will deliver the amount of ice or milk desired.

However, the principal object is to provide a holder for holding cards advertising different articles for sale in a store.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder consisting of a band, which fits about a post or the like, and is provided with a pair of slidable groove members which may be adjusted to receive and hold cards of different sizes.

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a post, showing the improved card holder applied thereto, and a card held in place.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder detached from the post.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view on line l4 of Fig. 2.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a resilient band, which may be made to conform to irregular contours, and constructed to be of such diameter as to fit about posts of different diameters in cross section, and 2 denotes strips having channels 3. The lower ends of the channeled strips are closed by the end walls 4:. Secured by rivets 5 upon one face of each Serial No. 117,894.

channeled strip 2 is a metallic strap 6. These straps are provided with arches 7 which arch over the band 1, as shown in Figs. 2,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd Sgpt, 111, 1191 1 3,

Application filed August 31, 1916.

3 and 4, thereby mounting the channeled strips 2 upon the band 1, so that said strips 2 may be adjusted toward and from each other, whereby cards of different widths may be supported in the channels of the strips 2. The metallic straps frictionally engage the band 1, whereby the strips 2 (which are preferably disposed vertically) may be held frictionally in adjusted positions. The band 1 is resilient or yieldable, so that it may be opened to fit posts of different diameters in cross section, and the ends 8 and 9 of said band overlap, to more securely hold the band in place. The cards 10 may be provided with any suitable advertisement or notice, such as a For rent or For sale, or the notice of different articles for sale or wanted, such as ice, milk, groceries and the like.

It will be seen that after the channel members have been adjusted to hold the desired width of card, and the band 1 has been strapped around a post, the arches of the metallic straps will be held against the cylindrical surface of the post which will provide a means against the displacement of the channel members, which means is in addition to the means provided by the close frictional engagement between the strap and the channel members.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is In a card holder, the combination 'of a resilient band and a pair of vertical strips, of metallic straps attached to the strips and in surrounding relation to the band, the

strips being channeled and having the chan- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

